PT-2016-5358
CVE-2016-3075
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Published
2016-03-31
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Updated
2024-06-15
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.5
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
glibc versions prior to 2.24
Description
The issue is a stack-based buffer overflow in the nss dns implementation of the getnetbyname function, allowing context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in stack consumption and application crash, via a long name.
Recommendations
For versions prior to 2.24, update to version 2.24 or later to resolve the issue.
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